Flexible hose end connection



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Patented Sept. 16, a 1952 @UNITED STATES PATENT. OFFICE I t,s10,-st9 H r I Percy Raymond Allison, Felpham, England, a's=- I signer to Flight Refuelling Limited, London,

England, a Britishcompany Application April, 22, 1949, Serial No. s9',0zo In Great Britain March 30, 1949 This invention relates to end connections for flexible hoses. a I

A general object 'of this invention is the provision of an improved adaptor-or'end connection assembly for a flexible hose comprising anouter cover of woven fabrlc'of textile material, metal or the like composed of longitudinal and circumferential or oblique strands,'with or without external armouring of metal wire, andan inner fluid-tight liner of rubber or, the like material or of flexible corrugated metal tubing. The inven-v tion is considered to be of especial applicability to hoses of relatively heavy duty type, a typical example of which have an internal diameter of two inches or upwards and be capable of sustaining an internal fluid pressure of several hundred pounds per square inch and an axial tension of more than one ton. 1 Included in this general object is theprovision of an improved method of securing the end of the flexible hose to the rigidparts of the adaptor.

Further objects of the invention include the provision of an adaptor and a method of joining it to a flexible hose which will meet the following requirements: I

(1). The adaptor and joint must be fluid-tight and pressure-retaining;

(2) The woven outer cover must carry substantially all the axialtension; and a v (3) The end of the liner must he internally supported without obstructing or seriously restricting' the bore. w I

Howthese and other objects are attained will appear from the following description of two specific embodiments of the invention, given by Way of example only without implied limitation of the scope of the invention as defined in the appended claims, and having reference to the accompanying drawings, in which:

Figure 1 shows in elevation, partly in axial section, one embodiment of the invention, applied to a hose having a flexible metallic liner;'

Figure- 2 is a similar view of a second embodiment, applied to a hose having a liner of rubber or similar material; and I Figure 3 is a partial view, partly in section of the embodiment of Figure 2, with the outer sleeve of the adaptor removed. I

The hose shown in Figure 1 comprises a sub- Stantially unstressed fluid-tight liner 4 of 3 thin sheet metal formed with a closely coiled helical corrugation 5, and a stress-carrying outer cover 6 of stout, woven material having circumferential strands I and longitudinal strands 8.

. The adaptor comprises the following parts, all being of metal and rigid: An outer sleeve 9, ex-

9 Claims. (01. 285 -86) ternally threaded at II) for connection to a hosecoupling member (not shown), and internally threaded at H, a clamping sleeve l2, hereafter referred to as the cone-housing, externally threaded at I3,'and'internally tapered at I4, a split-sleeve I5, hereafter referred to as the splitcone, having an external taper mating with the internal taper I4 of sleeve I2, the taper being gradual, a loose ring I6, a loose abutment collar I1 and an inner sleeve l8.

The inner sleeve I8 is formed with a spigot end I9, fitting closely in'a counter-bored recess of the outer sleeve 9, having an internal groove holding a sealing ring 20 of rubber or neoprene; and has an external flange 2| which butts against a shoulder 22 formed in the outer sleeve 9. The inner sleeve I8 is extended to enter the end of the hose-liner 4 and has a few turns of external round-profilescrew-thread 23 which screw into the helical corrugations 5 of the liner. The end of the liner 4 enters a recess 24 formed by undercutting the flange 2I of the inner sleeve I8, and is secured in this'recess by soldering, the recess being completelyfilledwith solder so as to seal the joint between the liner 4and sleeve I8 completely.

The abutment collar has a sliding fit in the enlarged part of the outer sleeve 9 and butts against I theinner face. of the flange 2| of sleeve I8.

The circumferential strands I of the outer cover 6 are stripped from the part of the hose lying within the cone-housing I2, and the longitudinal strands 8 are wrapped round the loose ring I6 and laid back along the outside of the cover 6 within the split-cone I5, between which and the abutment collar I! the loose ring I6 with the strands 8 wrapped round itare gripped when the screw-thread II of the outer sleeve 9 and the screw-thread I3 of the cone-housing I2 are'brought into engagement and run-up.

The outer sleeve 9 and cone-housing I2 are providedwith external key-ways 25, 26, respectively, engageable by key-wrenches for screwing up the joint, and locking is, effected by a loose key 2''! engaging the key-ways 25, 26 and secured by aset-screw 28.

- Assembly is carried out as follows: The conehousing l2 and loose ring I6 are first slipped over the hose. Next the end of the outercover 6 is unravelled for a distance greater than the length of the adaptor and the unravelled circumferential strands I removed, leaving the longitudinal strands 8 intact. These strands are then folded back over the loose ring I6 and laid along thefloutside of the outer cover? and the two halves of the split-cone I5 are placed over The groove 24 of the inner sleeve i8 having 1 been previously filled with solder, heat'is applied to melt the solder in the groove 24 while com pleting the screwing home of the sleeve l8 to cause the end of the liner 4 to enter the groove 24 and become embedded in the'solder retained in it, this operation being performed with the hose-end hanging vertically to prevent the solder running out of groove 24. Finally the outer sleeve 9 is screwed onto the cone-housing l2 and when the joint is tightly clamped it is locked by the key 21 and screw 28, the latter being locked by centre-punching.

In the embodiment of Figures 2 and 3, in which parts corresponding to similar parts in Figure 1 are identified by like reference numerals but distinguished by the afiix a, the hose comprises a stress-carrying woven outer cover 5 composed of circumferential strands T and longitudinal strands 8 and a substantially unstressed fluidtight flexible liner 29 of rubber, neoprene or, the like material, e. g. a so-called plastic composition. In this instance;- the hose is armoured externally with a closely'wound helix of stout metal wire 30 surrounding or incorporated .inthe outer cover 6. p

As in the previousexampla'the adaptor comprises an outersleevezfi shouldered at 2-2, an inner sleeve l8 having a flange 21 abutting on the shoulder 22", a loose abutment collar H, a loose ring 16*, a split-cone and a cone-housing l2 engaging the split-cone on mating tapers I4. In this instance, the'adapto'ralso includes a spacer tube 3| separating the abutment collar fl from the flange 2| of the inner sleeve l8 Asin the previous example, the outer sleeve 8 and conehousing 12* have key-ways 25 26, respectively, and are looked after assembly by a loose key 21 and screw 28 r The end'of the rubber or like liner 29 is internally supported on a ferrule 32 formed with sharp-edged serrations 33 of buttress profile en,- abling the ferrule to be pushed into the end of the liner but resisting extraction of the ferrule, which also has an external flange 34 against which the end of the liner abuts. The outside diameter of the ferrule'32 is greater than the inside di-ameter of the liner 29 so that the latter must be stretched over the ferrule; and the liner is secured to the ferrule by a serving 38, the ends of which are tucked under the coils and twisted together, as shown at 37 in Figure 3. In the. example illustrated, the serving is of wire and the twisted ends are soldered up. TheferruleZ is slidinglysupported on the inward extension of the inner sleeve I8 so that tension cannot be transmitted to the liner 29, and the end of the ferrule butts against the flange 2|. The joint between the ferrule 32 and the sleeve me is sealed by a sealing ring of rubber, neoprene or'th'e like located ina groove formed'in the sleeve I8 In this embodiment, the external thread Ill-'- o'ff flush with flange .2l

for connecting the adaptor to a hose-coupling member, such as 38, is formed on an outward extension of the inner sleeve I8.

In order to provide an electrical bond between the coupling members, such as 38, at each end of the hose, the armouring wire 30, which is left intact within the split-cone 15' and the conehousing I2, is electrically bonded to the inner sleeve l8, by straightening out its final coil and inserting it under the loose ring I6 and through holes drilled longitudinally through the "abutment collar Il spacer tube 3| and flange 2| of;.thev innerlsleeve l8 as shown at 30 in Figure 32, the endiof the wire being secured in the flange' ll by means of soldering and a grubv scre,w;39, and cut off flush with the outer face It may be noted that, in the example of Fi ure 1, the metallic liner 4 itself forms an electrical bond between the adaptors at opposite ends of the hose.

' The method of assembly of theexample of Figures 2 and3 is. similar to that of the example ofFigure 1.' After'slipping the cone-housing l2 and loose ring [6* onto the hose and stripping back the armouring wire30to the required distance, unravellingthe exposed part of the outer cover B and removing the'unravelled'circumferential strands '1 to expose the longitudinal strands 8, the latter are laid back over the ring l6 along the outside of the armoured cover. The abutment collar I! is then slipped over the end of the liner 29 and the latter is cut off to the required length. The ferrule 32 is then inserted therein' and secured by the serving 36. The spacer tube 3l"is next placed in position and the inner sleeve l8 inserted into the ferrule 32. During the latter operations the last coil of the armouring wire which has previously been straightened and brought through the loose ring 16''- is fed through the drilled holes 30 in the abutment collar and spacer tube and in the flange. 2! of the inner sleeve I 8. The halves of the split-cone I5 are then put in place and the cone-housing I2 .driven up the taper 14*. With the parts temporarily held in position, the end of thearmouringwire' issecured in the flange 2 I by the grub-screw 39 and soldered up to make a good electrical connection, after which it is cut Finally, the outer sleeve 9 is assembled and screwed home onto the cone-housing 12 to clamp the longitudinal strands 8* round the loose ring it between the split-cone and the abutment collar, and the locking key El is inserted and secured bythe screw I claim:

1. An adaptor-assemblyconstituting the end connection'of. a fiexible'hose comprising a stresscarrying outerv cover of woven fabric'having longitudinal and transver'sestrands and a substantially unstressed:fluichtight liner, said adaptorassembly comprising an outer sleeve inwardly flanged at one end and internally threaded at the other, a sleeve externally threaded to engage the threadof the outer sleeve and having a taperbore whereby said externally-threaded sleeve constitutes a cone-housinga split sleeve externally tapered to fit the taper bore of the cone housing. the mating tapers being cones of very small vertex angle, an'abutment collar housed within the outer sleeve, an inner" sleeve supporting the liner of the hose internally-1andhaving an outward flange retained between theinc-ard flange of the outer sleeve and the abutment collar, and a loose ring which is located between the thick end of the split-cone and the abutment collar and round which the bared longitudinal strands of the outer cover of the hose are wrapped and laid back along the outside of the cover within the split-cone, so that when the outer sleeve and cone-housing are drawn together by screwing them one onto the other, the loose ring and the longitudinal strands of the cover wrapped round it are gripped between the split-cone and the abutment collar.

2. An adaptor-assemly as claimed in claim 1 as applied to a flexible-hose whose liner is of hellcally corrugated thin-walled metal tubing, in which the inner end of the inner sleeve is provided with a few turns of external screw-thread of rounded profile which enter the helical corrugations of the liner and the inner face of the flange of the inner sleeve is undercut to form a recess into which th extremity of the flexible liner is received and soldered.

3. An adaptor assembly as claimed in claim 2, in which the flange of the outer sleeve has an axial extension within which an extension of the inner sleeve lies, the joint between them being sealed by a sealing ring retained in an internal circumferential groove in the extension of the outer sleeve-flange.

4. An adaptor assembly as claimed in claim 3, in which the axial extension of the outer sleevefiange has an external screw-thread.

5. An adaptor assembly as claimed in claim 1, as applied to a flexible hose whose liner is of inherently flexible material such as rubber, in which the end of the liner is provided with an internal ferrule having sharp-edged circumferential grooves engaging the inner surface of the liner, and the latter is bound to the ferrule by an external serving, the ferrule being free to slide on the outer surface of the inner sleeve which has a circumferential recess retaining a sealing ring, the sliding freedom of the ferrule v on the inner sleeve being limited by abutment of the ferrule on the outward flange of the inner sleeve.

6. An adaptor assembly as claimed in claim 5, having a tubular spacer inserted between the flange of the inner sleeve and the abutment collar and surrounding the end of the liner where it is bound to the ferrule by the serving.

7. An adaptor assembly as claimed in claim 5, in which the inner sleeve has an external extension, an external screw-thread being formed thereon.

8. An adaptor assembly as claimed in claim 6, as applied to a flexible hose externally armoured with metal wire, in which the abutment collar, the spacer and the flange of the inner sleeve are drilled longitudinally, the end of the armouring wire being inserted through said drillings and secured in the inner-sleeve flange by means of a grub-screw and soldering.

9. An adaptor-assembly constituting the end connection of a flexible hose comprising a stresscarrying outer cover of woven fabric having longitudinal and transverse strands and a substantially unstressed fluid-tight liner; said adaptorassembly comprising an inwardly flanged sleeve and a sleeve having a taper-bore, said sleeves being in threaded engagement for relative longitudinal telescoping movement, an externally tapered split sleeve within the taper-bore of said second named sleeve, an abutment collar in 1ongitudinal alignment with said spilt sleeve, a flanged inner sleeve supporting the liner of the hose internally and retained by engagement of its flange between the inward flange of the first mentioned sleeve and the abutment collar, and a loose ring which is located between the thick end of the split-sleeve and the abutment collar and round which the bared longitudinal strands of the outer cover of the hose are wrapped and laid back along the outside of the cover within the split-sleeve, whereby when the first and second mentioned sleeves are drawn together by screwing them one onto the other, the loose ring and the longitudinal strands of the cover wrapped round it are clamped between the split-sleeve and the abutment collar.

PERCY RAYMOND ALLISON.

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